[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H9999-H10000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               THE GRINCH

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Congress excels at doing nothing; but sometimes doing 
nothing or empty political posturing, as we've just seen from the 
Republican majority, ignores our Nation's critical needs.
  By leaving town without extending unemployment insurance, the 2.3 
million long-term unemployed Americans who want to work and can't find 
work in this economy is especially cruel on the eve of the Christmas 
season. And for 48 million seniors and disabled, the new year will dawn 
with a 28-percent decrease in physicians' reimbursement. Many will find 
that they can't get in to see a doctor. It will be slammed in their 
face.
  So with these actions, or rather these inactions by the Republican 
majority, they truly embody the spirit of the season: the Grinch.

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